Video: In the Kitchen at Gramercy Tavern

What goes into running Gramercy Tavern, Danny Meyer's farm to table fine dining spot? As chef Michael Anthony puts it, "a great restaurant is this combination of technical excellence and a lot of emotion."

The Gramercy Tavern cookbook comes out at the end of this month, and in advance the restaurant has released a promo video showing a little of what goes on in running the restaurant.

It begins with a trip to the Union Square Greenmarket, just a few blocks away, where Anthony tries to get as much produce for the kitchen as possible. From there we see pre-lunch prep in the dining room and the small army of kitchen staff who come together to make the restaurant's beautiful, seasonal food. Take a peek at the video below for more.

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As a native of Queens, New York, Max developed an early hunger for dosas, dumplings, and Korean barbecue. Now he explores the city's evolving international food world by day and night. When not slurping noodles over a rickety table, he's in the kitchen tinkering with his ice cream maker on a never-ending quest to develop the best ice cream-making techniques.